A plaque at Willoughby Public School commemorates Sander;s opening of the school in 1935. The reference on the plaque to the P. & R. Assoc. is interesting. In the early 1900s there were Parents and Residents Associations. However, the Parents and Citizens Federation was established in 1922.

Parliamentary Service

Position

Start

End

Period

Notes

Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly

30 May 1925

10 Jul 1943

18 years 1 month 11 days

Member for Ryde

30 May 1925

07 Sep 1927

2 years 3 months 9 days

Member for Willoughby

08 Oct 1927

18 Sep 1930

2 years 11 months 11 days

Member for Willoughby

25 Oct 1930

18 May 1932

1 year 6 months 24 days

Member for Willoughby

11 Jun 1932

12 Apr 1935

2 years 10 months 2 days

Member for Willoughby

11 May 1935

24 Feb 1938

2 years 9 months 14 days

Member for Willoughby

04 Mar 1938

18 Apr 1941

3 years 1 month 15 days

Member for Willoughby

10 May 1941

10 Jul 1943

2 years 2 months 1 day

Political Party Activity

National Party. Councillor 1929 – 1930, lost preselection in 1927, stood as an Independent., joined United Australia Party.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Customs agent. Educated at Burwood Public School and Sydney Grammar School; worked in father’s carrying business; became a customs and shipping agent and carrier on own account; later became a farmer.

Personal

Son of Edward Ernest Sanders, master carrier, and Jessie Agnes Lloyd. Married Ethel May Hindmarsh on 14 October 1911 at Gerringong, and had issue, 2 daughters and 1 son. Funeral at Northern Suburbs crematorium from Chatswood Congregationalist church.